Bill Text: NC S879 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Cornelius Limits/Mecklenburg County Police
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-21 - Re-ref Com On Finance [S879 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S879-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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SENATE BILL 879*
State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 6/21/16
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Short Title: Cornelius Limits/Mecklenburg County Police. |
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May 18, 2016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT adding certain described property to the corporate limits of the town of cornelius and granting COUNTYWIDE JURISDICTION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTs OF THE towns of cornelius, davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The following described property, referenced by the Mecklenburg County Tax Office Parcel Identification Number, is added to the corporate limits of the Town of Cornelius:
00513121 00541108 00502104
00513126 00541102 00502127
00513125 00541105 00502115
00513202 00507104 00502103
00502102 00541101 00533104
00502122 00511105 00533105
00504226 00507197 00533106
00504C99 00507166 00533124
00504225 00507118 00533102
00504C98 00507116 00502109
00504230 00507112 00502114
00504C96 00503214 00502113
00513122 00503206 00502111
00513117 00503201 00502112
00541107 00538386 00506102
00502105 00503204 00502117
00502106 00538385 00502125
00502129 00503288 00502108
00503211 00503209 00502118
00114509 00507115 00513124
00114522 00507114 00513107
00511106 00507109 00513205
00503208 00542301 00502116
00538387 00507110 00182123
00538388 00507119 00182124
00513106 00506101 00182122
00513120 00507117 00182121
00513105 00506110 00182120
00513129 00506111 00182125
00513119 00502124 00182119
00513118 00502126 00182118.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of Chapter 1170 of the 1969 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. Upon
approval of the Board of Commissioners of Mecklenburg County County, all
policemen police officers of the City of Charlotte and the
Towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville shall
thereafter be authorized and empowered to exercise throughout the unincorporated
areas of the County of Mecklenburg Mecklenburg, as designated by
the Board of Commissioners, the same jurisdiction, authority, powers and
rights, including arrest and service of criminal and civil process,
which they are authorized by law to exercise within the City of Charlotte, the
corporate boundaries of their own municipality, and shall have the
privileges and immunities, including coverage under Workmen's Compensation
laws, which they now have within the City of Charlotte, have, provided
that the City of Charlotte municipality and Mecklenburg County
shall, prior to the exercise of any of said the powers or
authority, enter into an agreement setting forth the guidelines and procedures
for implementation of this Act.act. The Board of Commissioners shall not
approve the exercise of powers or authority by a municipality's police officers
in an unincorporated area of Mecklenburg County if the area is in another
municipality's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction, unless the governing
body of the other municipality consents in writing. However, nothing in this
section shall restrict or prohibit the authority granted to the police officers
of the City of Charlotte by the Board of Commissioners to exercise powers or authority
over an unincorporated area of the County on or before the date this act
becomes effective. Nothing in this section shall restrict or prohibit the
Sheriff of Mecklenburg County from exercising the powers and authority of the
Sheriff's Office."
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective June 30, 2016. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.
